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DessertStorms ,
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I love that the other day someone tried to "educate" me about how the president can't just do whatever he wants (like pardon everyone who is in prison for weed related offences in states where weed has since been legalised) because "that's not how it works" when clearly it really fucking is when he fucking wants it to (and there is money to be made, whereas pardoning prisoners loses money for those with the influence)...

How anyone can still believe that the system is "broken", rather than working exactly as intended (to serve the rich and powerful and make them even more rich and powerful) is beyond me..

ChonkyOwlbear ,

I feel like if the president could do whatever he wanted, the Trump years would have been a lot worse.

DessertStorms ,
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Lmfao, whataboutism all you got? The guy is literally on trial for trying to get his followers to overthrow the government, never mind the rest of it (like what he did to the supreme court, and what they went on to continue even after he was gone, as was intended)..

But even if we all bury our heads up our asses like you clearly have, I feel like even the GOP understand that the mask of "democracy" has to be preserved to a certain point, and that trump isn't who they want to be their long term dictator, but when someone they do is back in charge they will finish the fucking job (which they will be able to do in part thanks to people like you who minimise the obvious groundwork they've been actively laying, and which Biden is more than happy to take advantage, since they both serve the same people, and it isn't the people).

Psychodelic ,

Well if that’s how you truly feel, what do you even need evidence for? Just pretend you understand logical fallacies and you’re all gravy, baby!

aelwero ,

Lol, that wasnt for lack of trying… Trump decreed a whole fuckton of stuff that various staffs and agencies had to low key backpedal on. Dude was publishing major policy on Twitter on a fucking whim every other day…

macabrett ,

Sick, guess that means the Democrats don’t need my vote since Trump won’t have any power anyways. No threat to democracy if he can’t do anything!

Psychodelic ,

They said it would’ve been worse. They didn’t say what you wrote.

If you’re being serious, you’re being intellectually dishonest with yourself. That’s a bad look, imo

macabrett ,

I’m simply pointing out the hypocrisy behind liberals telling me Joe Biden can’t get more done, because Presidents don’t have any power, and that I need to vote for Joe Biden because Donald Trump will have the power to end democracy as we know it.

Psychodelic ,

I understood what you wrote. Thanks for restating it though.

I replied, saying that is not what the person you responded to said. You’re not pointing out any hypocrisy because you simply didn’t understand their comment

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